The Irish standard., 1887-04-09
ENTERTAINING MELANGE.

TUE largest producing farm in the worlc
is in the southwestern portion of 1.ouisi
ana. It's said to be one million five hun
dred lhous.. n acres IN extent and is owne6
by Northern syndicate.
A SOUTH AMERICAN traveller describes q
small fish which trequents the waters OF
that country that is so sensitive it will at
tack any thing entering thu water. Mer
and horses are said to have been killed by
it.
A DELAWARE man comes to the front as
tn, greatest rail-splitter on record His
lat st achievement was the splitting, If
one day, Of one thousand and fifteen rails.
He retained enough vitality after his days
work to devote few hours to his young
lady.
The word Idaho is derived from the In.
dams by whom it is used as expressive OF
the radiant splendor of the snow-capped
mountain peaks glistening in the sunlight.
The English Interpretation of it is ''the
gem of the mountains;'' from this the
great Territory takes Its name.
THERE is man in Ohio who has not been
known to speak for twenty years. When
child he became angry at his brother:
all! sisters and refused to speak to them
and went to bed. Since that time he has
d:tcrm nedly remained silent, despite fire..
Quvnt efforts to induce him to speak.
AN interesting description is given in a
Journal of science Of the two large centrif-
ugul pumps in operation at Mare Island
navy.yard, California. The amount OF
water discharged by these pumps has at.
tanned volume of 137,799 gallons pei
minute. The full capacity of the engines
working them is estimated at 900 horse
power and 2CO revolutions per minute.
A REMARKABLE case of woman's pluck
am endurance was displayed by lady
who recently suffered the removal of 6
tun,or from her arm She positively re-
fused the aid of anesthetlcs ana retained
fun consciousness while cash six inches
in length was made and the bone scraped
The operator remarked that not one maj
out of six hundred could have endured tn.
pain as heroically as did the lady.
RED fannels are worn by some geese in
Georgia, according to the Savannah Neecs.
1t is related that the geese in question
picked up some discarded brandy cherries,
which had the effect of Intoxicating them,
in which disreputable state they were mis-
taken for dead birds and deprived of their
feathers. They soon sobered up, and, to
recompense them for their natural cover
ing, their owner contrived some tailor
made garments of flannel.
A PHOTOGRAPHER in Philadelphia secured,
through the instantaneous process, the
sm. ling likeness of beautiful little boy
whose face and hair were greatly admired
by ali who saw him. The artist enlarged
the likeness and ornamented his walls with
it. A certain cotton manufacturer was
struck with the picture and procured five
thousand copies 70 be used as trade mark.
The picture was carried abroad and COM
ing unler the eye of the child's father an
Injunction was issued against it's further
circulation.
THERE are eight natural bridges now
known of in this country. The famous
Virginia bridge is, Of course, we'll known.
Next in Importance is one in Walker Coun-
ty, Alabama; it is seventy feet high and
spans about one hundred and twenty feet.
In Christian County, Kentucky, is another
bridge one hundred and thirty feet high
and seventy feet in length; California pos
sesses the remaining five curisities
two of them being so close together
that they are called the twins. These
vary in height from twenty to forty feet,
in length from two hundred and eighty to
three hundred feet.
ONE of the most remarkable men in
Northern New York was Richard Donovan,
recently deceased. When boy he was de-
prived of both arms through an accident
in Touring mill Recovering his health
he became wonderfully expert in the per-
Torrance of all kinds of work with his
mouth and feet. He took entire care of a
horse; Harvesting it with his teeth and
driving it with the lines about his
shoulders. He handled saw, hammer and
nails and various other tools. He dug and
stoned we'll unaided. He dressed him.
self, got his own meals, wrote his own let
ters and performed various other things
seemingly impossible to person so dis
abled